06/02/2013

Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Justin Webb, including:

0750Clarissa Baldwin, chief executive of Dogs Trust, examines news that all dogs in England will need to be micro chipped to help tackle the growing problem of strays roaming the streets, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson will announce today.

0810The public inquiry into the biggest scandal in the history of the NHS - hundreds of deaths caused by poor care at Mid Staffordshire Hospital Trust is published today. Today presenter Sarah Montague reports and Mike Farrar, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, looks into where nursing fell down.

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Wednesday 6 February

A public inquiry into why NHS managers failed to spot the neglect of thousands of patients at Stafford Hospital is published today. There are plans for every dog in England to get a microchip so they cannot be lost and become stray. And what impact did Kraftwerk have on music?

6 Feb 2013 08:54:30

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Rebecca Adlington has retired from
professional swimming at the age of 23. Simon Kuper, sports writer, and Sally
Walton, 31-year old member
of the England women's hockey team, discuss the peak age for an athlete.

6 Feb 2013 08:52:05

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We've been hearing this morning about the shocking standards of care in hospitals in mid Staffordshire, but when it came to NHS managers, there were few resignations and no sackings. Has something gone wrong with the management culture at the NHS? Andrew Hosken reports.

6 Feb 2013 08:40:26

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Susan Cain, writer and author, and Baroness
Tyler, vice chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility,
discuss news that a group of
MPs and Peers are calling for young people to be taught to develop character
and resilience alongside more traditional academic skills.